Which to use
“barème” and “brume” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,572
- “barème” frequency rank
- #14,870
- “brume” frequency rank
- 30442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | barème | brume |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Recueil de comptes déjà faits à l'avance (certains présentés sous la forme de tableaux), facilitant le travail des comptables. | Brouillard avec une visibilité supérieure à un kilomètre, surtout en parlant des brouillards de mer. |
Where the eye mixes barème and brume
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. barème runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against brume's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between barème and brume
A purely visual mix-up. barème (\ba.ʁɛm\) and brume (\bʁym\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
barème is recorded at frequency rank #15,572, classified as anoun, pronounced \ba.ʁɛm\. brume is at rank #14,870, tagged as anoun, pronounced \bʁym\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 30442, this pair ranks #310,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of barème vs brume
Shared letters: bemr. Private to "barème": aè. Private to "brume": u.
"barème" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "brume" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- brume ← bbrume · brmue · brrume · bruem · brumme · burme · rbume
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "barème" for "brume" ever safe?
Which is more common, "barème" or "brume"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "barème" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "brume" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "barème" and "brume" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "brume vs bue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #310,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.